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Sprague – engelska" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Frank J. Sprague" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="engelska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Julian_Sprague" title="Frank Julian Sprague – spanska" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Frank Julian Sprague" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="spanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Sprague" title="Frank J. Sprague – esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Frank J. 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Sprague – malagassiska" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Frank J. 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Sprague</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="" style="text-align:center;"> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Fil:Frank_j._sprague.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frank J. Sprague"><img alt="Frank J. Sprague" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Frank_j._sprague.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="190" data-file-height="245" /></a><figcaption>Frank J. Sprague</figcaption></figure> </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:left; width:9em;">Född</th><td class="" style="">Frank Julian Sprague<br /><a href="/wiki/25_juli" title="25 juli">25 juli</a> <a href="/wiki/1857" title="1857">1857</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Milford,_Connecticut" title="Milford, Connecticut">Milford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a><br /></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:left; width:9em;">Död</th><td class="" style=""><a href="/wiki/25_oktober" title="25 oktober">25 oktober</a> <a href="/wiki/1934" title="1934">1934</a> (77 år)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:left; width:9em;">Begravd</th><td class="" style=""><a href="/wiki/Arlingtonkyrkog%C3%A5rden" title="Arlingtonkyrkogården">Arlingtonkyrkogården</a></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:left; width:9em;">Nationalitet</th><td class="" style=""><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/USA" title="USA"><img alt="USA" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Amerikan" class="mw-redirect" title="Amerikan">Amerikan</a></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:left; width:9em;">Forskningsområde</th><td class="" style=""><a href="/wiki/Elektroteknik" title="Elektroteknik">Elektroteknik</a></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:left; width:9em;"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="" style=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:left; width:9em;">Känd för</th><td class="" style=""><a href="/wiki/Elektrisk_motor" title="Elektrisk motor">Elektriska motorn</a></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:left; width:9em;">Nämnvärda priser</th><td class="" style=""><a href="/wiki/IEEE_Edison_Medal" title="IEEE Edison Medal">IEEE Edison Medal</a> (1910)<br /><a href="/wiki/Franklinmedaljen" title="Franklinmedaljen">Franklinmedaljen</a> (1921)<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Fritzs_medalj&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Fritzs medalj [inte skriven än]">John Fritzs medalj</a> (<a href="/wiki/Postum" title="Postum">Postumt</a>, 1935)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" class=""><div style="float: left;"></div></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Frank Julian Sprague</b>, född <a href="/wiki/25_juli" title="25 juli">25 juli</a> <a href="/wiki/1857" title="1857">1857</a> i <a href="/wiki/Milford,_Connecticut" title="Milford, Connecticut">Milford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, död <a href="/wiki/25_oktober" title="25 oktober">25 oktober</a> <a href="/wiki/1934" title="1934">1934</a>, var en amerikansk <a href="/wiki/Vetenskapsman" title="Vetenskapsman">vetenskapsman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uppfinnare" title="Uppfinnare">uppfinnare</a> och <a href="/wiki/Officer" title="Officer">officer</a>. Han är mest känd för att ha utvecklat <a href="/wiki/Elektrisk_motor" title="Elektrisk motor">elektriska motorer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elektrifierad_j%C3%A4rnv%C3%A4g" title="Elektrifierad järnväg">järnvägar</a> och <a href="/wiki/Hiss" title="Hiss">hissar</a>. Hans arbete är speciellt viktigt för <a href="/wiki/Stadsplanering" title="Stadsplanering">stadsplanering</a>, bland annat för <a href="/wiki/Transport" title="Transport">transporter</a> i stora städer och för utvecklingen av <a href="/wiki/Skyskrapor" class="mw-redirect" title="Skyskrapor">skyskrapor</a> med hjälp av hissar. </p><p>Han blev även känd under <a href="/wiki/Smeknamn" title="Smeknamn">smeknamnet</a> "Father of Electric Traction". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biografi">Biografi</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_J._Sprague&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Redigera avsnitt: Biografi" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_J._Sprague&action=edit&section=1" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Biografi"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sprague föddes i <a href="/wiki/Milford,_Connecticut" title="Milford, Connecticut">Milford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> år <a href="/wiki/1857" title="1857">1857</a> till David Cummings Sprague och Frances Julia King Sprague. Han gick på<sup style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tidl%C3%B6shet" title="Wikipedia:Tidlöshet">när?</a></i>]</sup> Drury High School i <a href="/wiki/North_Adams,_Massachusetts" title="North Adams, Massachusetts">North Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, och utmärkte sig i <a href="/wiki/Matematik" title="Matematik">matematik</a>. 1874 gick Sprague på officershögskolan <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> i <a href="/wiki/Annapolis" title="Annapolis">Annapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>. 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